Diversity and identity are being talked about on campus. The summer reading for all freshmen was Life on the Color Line; and this fall anti-racisim activist Tim Wise spoke to a large crowd, Ujima sponsored a Caribbean Awareness Week, and a new student group, Hayat, sponsored a series of events on Mideast and South Asian cultures. Also, Scope talked with leaders of Ujima, Hayat, Asian Cultural Awareness, Raices, and the Pride Alliance about the issues they face -- read about it here in January.

Twenty-five years of Filene Scholarships have made their mark on Skidmore, and on the post-Skidmore lives of their recipients. Read about in the next Scope, in January.